Who makes the best small drill bits?

[raildr]

another trick is peck drilling. I have not any machining in a while, so bear with me. Set the quill for a very shallow cut, like .01, advance quill, another .01. I know it's slow but I have never broke a tiny drill bit. I should mention the chuck nets to be dead on, if possible.

 

[DJP]

Just curious if anyone has tried a round nose milling cutter as a drill bit for brass? From the angles of sharpening it looks like it might work and any chips will be extracted quickly. They come is solid carbide too.

 

[DJP]

Forget the curiosity. I tried it and not a big improvement.

 

[raildr]

best I have seen on small holes...........

 

[Hopper]

I've had very good service from small drill bits from Tracy Tools in the UK. Reasonably priced too.

 

[kquiggle]

Little Machine Shop sells a nice "sensitive drill feed" - also available from some of the other usual places if you shop around. Also useful for very small taps.

 

[mayhugh1]

I don't know how they stack up with respect to the other sources mentioned, but I've been happy with these:

https://www.micromark.com/search?keywords=Drill bits

Terry

 

[skyline1]

I found these from banggood in china

https://www.banggood.com/Drillpro-1...ainless-Steel-Aluminium-Copper-p-1096838.html
https://www.banggood.com/Drillpro-1...ainless-Steel-Aluminium-Copper-p-1096838.html
I thought more Chinese rubbish and didn't hold out much hope till I tried them

I was very pleasantly surprised, in fact they were some of the best drills I had ever used (especially at about £6.50 a set)

I think they are available in smaller sizes but for very small ones (less than 1mm) I tend to use solid carbide drills

Best Regards Mark